Subject: c/culture_club/karma_chameleon.pro
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 1997 15:23:23 -0500
From: Brian Davies <davies@ils.nwu.edu>
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.guitar.tablature,alt.guitar.tab

Greetings, children of the 80's!  I'm currently celebrating my recent
purchase of Rhino records' fantastic "Just Can't Get Enough: New Wave Hits
Of The 80's" by sitting down and transcribing a few of the catchier pieces
of disposable pop from my misspent youth.  Here's installment two...


  KARMA CHAMELEON  by Culture Club

Composed by George O'Dowd, John Moss, Roy Hay, Mickey Craig & Phil Pickett
Transcribed by Brian Davies and Sara Asher
Comments and corrections to davies@ils.nwu.edu
More of my guitar tablature is available at:
  http://www.ils.nwu.edu/~davies/


(Capo 1st fret for recorded tuning.)

(e) |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
(B) |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
(G) |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
(D) |-2-----2-----2-----0-------------|---------------------------------|
(A) |-----------------------3-4-0-----|-0-------------------------------|
(E) |-----------------------------2-0-|---------------------------------|
      1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &     1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &

  Intro Riff
  First Bar Of Riff, Then:  [A]  [E]  [A]  [A]

Desert [A] loving in your [E] eyes all the [A] way.
If I [A] listen to your [E] lies would you [A] say
I'm a [D] man without con[E]viction,
I'm a [D] man who doesn't [E] know
How to [D] sell a contra[E]diction.
You come and [D] go, you come and [F#m] go. [E]

  [A] Karma karma karma karma [E] karma chamele[F#m]on,
  You come and [D] go, you come and [A] go. [E]
  [A] Loving would be easy if your [E] colours were like my [F#m] dream,
  Red gold and [D] green, red gold and [A] green. [E]

Don't [A] hear your wicked [E] words every [A] day
And you [A] used to be so [E] sweet, I heard you [A] say
That my [D] love was an ad[E]diction.
When we [D] cling our love is [E] strong.
When you [D] go you're gone for[E]ever.
You string a[D]long, you string a[F#m]long. [E]

  Chorus

[D] Every day is like [C#m] survival,
[D] You're my lover, not my [F#m] rival.
[D] Every day is like [C#m] survival,
[D] You're my lover, not my [F#m] ri[E]val.

  [A]  [E]  [A]  [A]
  [A]  [E]  [A]  [A]

I'm a [D] man without con[E]viction,
I'm a [D] man who doesn't [E] know
How to [D] sell a contra[E]diction.
You come and [D] go, you come and [F#m] go. [E]

  Chorus

  Chorus a Capella

  Chorus